Shloka 32

मद्रराजो5पि तान्‌ सर्वानाजघान त्रिभिस्त्रिभि: । युधिष्ठिरं पुन: षष्ट्या विव्याध निशितै: शरै:,तब मद्रराज शल्यने भी उनको तीन-तीन बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया। फिर युधिष्ठिरको उन्होंने साठ तीखे बाण मारे

madrarājo 'pi tān sarvān ājaghāna tribhis tribhiḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ punaḥ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Dijo Sañjaya: El rey de Madra, Śalya, hirió a todos ellos, a cada uno con tres flechas. Luego, volviéndose de nuevo hacia Yudhiṣṭhira, lo atravesó con sesenta agudas saetas.

मद्रराजःthe king of Madra (Shalya)
मद्रराजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमद्रराज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
आजघानstruck / smote
आजघान:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
त्रिभिःwith three (arrows)
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
त्रिभिःwith three (each)
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
षष्ट्याwith sixty (arrows)
षष्ट्या:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootषष्टि
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
विव्याधpierced
विव्याध:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
निशितैःsharp
निशितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिशित
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
M
Madrarāja (Śalya)
M
Madra
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the disciplined, almost formulaic execution of kṣatriya warfare—measured volleys and targeted strikes—set within a conflict whose ethical gravity is carried by the broader epic narrative rather than by explicit moralizing in this line.

Sañjaya reports that Śalya, the king of Madra, wounds the opposing warriors with three arrows each, and then focuses on Yudhiṣṭhira, striking him with sixty sharp arrows.